El Paso County Clerk Wayne Williams and his counterpart in Jefferson County, Pam Anderson, are being urged to run for secretary of state in 2014. The Republican officeholders have been lobbied ever since the current secretary of state, Republican Scott Gessler, announced he was

Pam Anderson is a great choice. First because she is good and honest at her job and would make a great Secretary of State. Second, her mother-in-law, RINO - Norma Anderson can get her Democrat friends to support Pam. Maybe Norma can get Dems to run a poor candidate against Pam....you know deals are made in the past to insure the future.

See it pays to play both sides for the future of your family. Too bad Ron Paul, left such a bad taste with all, Rand will never do well because of it.

I always wonder why someone should listen to their opposition's opinion on how and who to run. Like Chuck Schummer promoting the views of Sen. Rubio on immigration. Right. But thanks for your opinion Brian S.

Andrew M. wrote:This office is for putting the people first. Any partisan who uses or will use the office for putting their party first over the rights of the people should be defeated.

Who are "the people"? None of us are unified when it comes to politics and the two major parties represent the interests of the majority of "the people", then there's a small percentage who are Libertarian, Green Party etc...

Anderson would be a pretty solid choice. She has her partisan leanings, but she knows how to run solid elections proceedings. The El Paso hack is just that, a hack.

But here's the skinny - Gessler hasn't announced for Gov yet, only that he's exploring the run. What if he finds out that his past work is so damn toxic, it kills any chance at victory? What happens then when not one, but TWO other people have entered the race? Summer's not even over and Republicans are already starting to implode. I need to make some popcorn

Brianviejo wrote:Gessler is delusional if he thinks he can become governor. But some good Republican should definitely be nominated in his place as Secretary of States, since Gessler has disgraced the office.

Clearly, Gessler is delusional, and willing to pursue party politics in an office that by definition calls for even-handedness.

But a primary featuring "Bomb Mecca" Tancredo against "Now that I've won the Secretary of State position, I need to moonlight for political clients because the salary is too low" Gessler would provide all Coloradans need to know to re-elect Gov. Hickenlooper. And provide some very dark humor....

HighOnTheMountain wrote:Wayne Williams makes me want to vomit. He complains about making voting easy for the people because it makes his work hard.

What does that even mean? Are you referring to his opposition to all mail ballots? Sending ballots to people who don't want to vote by mail? That is all about making the job of the clerk easier, not harder. Less choices for the voter means less work.

Burbmom wrote:Pam Anderson is a great choice. First because she is good and honest at her job and would make a great Secretary of State. Second, her mother-in-law, RINO - Norma Anderson can get her Democrat friends to support Pam. Maybe Norma can get Dems to run a poor candidate against Pam....you know deals are made in the past to insure the future.

See it pays to play both sides for the future of your family. Too bad Ron Paul, left such a bad taste with all, Rand will never do well because of it.

Is this endorsement? Put yourself first, make a back room deal, play all sides and you can get elected? It's all good for the future of your family. Amazing.

garmet wrote:Well, the DP gave us the "skinny" on possible Republican candidates for Colo. SOS; now, give us the "inside dope" on the Dems.

Agreed. Unfortunately if the highly partisan forum members are any indication they are too busy breathing hard regarding tentitive Republican candidates for governor to have time to listen to the Democratic Party leaders on the next race.

“I am a libertarian with a small 'l' and a Republican with a capital 'R'. And I am a Republican with a capital 'R' on grounds of expediency, not on principle.” ― Milton Friedman

Based on her behavior to date, she, unlike Gessler, would fight for the voters of the State of Colorado.

She has been one of the stalwart defenders of voter's rights in the face of Gessler's oppression tactics.

Honestly, if someone can do the job in a non-partisan way, then they can have my vote regardless of party. Anderson has proven to me as both a Jeffco voter and a Jeffco Election judge that she has ALL voters in mind, not just Republicans.

I love how voter suppression has devolved to "voting integrity". Considering how this constant drumbeat of voter fraud has turned up NOTHING nationwide except Ann Coulter voting in the wrong district and some Republican stalwart in Nevada who was accused of voter fraud, I'm amazed how the GOP keeps beating this dead horse. The job should be to increase voter turnout, make voting easier, more accessible so that everyone can participate in what is supposed to be a Democracy here. The GOP wants to make gun ownership easy and voting hard - go figure.

dzerres wrote:I love how voter suppression has devolved to "voting integrity". Considering how this constant drumbeat of voter fraud has turned up NOTHING nationwide except Ann Coulter voting in the wrong district and some Republican stalwart in Nevada who was accused of voter fraud, I'm amazed how the GOP keeps beating this dead horse. The job should be to increase voter turnout, make voting easier, more accessible so that everyone can participate in what is supposed to be a Democracy here. The GOP wants to make gun ownership easy and voting hard - go figure.

Is it all peaches and cream in your world of willfully ignorant?http://www.abc22now.com/shared/news/top ... html?wap=0The video of her admitting she did it has been pulled, but the article is still there.And no, it's not the only one. They're just really hard to find when the liberal media is in love with Barry. Because they usually just "disappear" after being on the web for a very short time.

The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But underthe name of 'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the Socialistprogram, until one day America will be a Socialist nation.

I would like to see Gessler run for re-election. He's proven to be a fighter (and mostly winner) against everything the progressives have thrown at him.

It would be really bad for Coloradans if the Republicans lose that office and it goes to the liberals.

Is anyone else sick of hearing about how we need to make voting "easy". Since when? Voting is a privilege and personally, I'd like to see potential voters get themselves to a poll to cast their ballot - and when finished, dip their finger in a bottle of ink!!

There's too much funny business with our elections presently. Add the IRS shenanigans and NSA data mining and elections are wide open for fraud.

calypso wrote:I would like to see Gessler run for re-election. He's proven to be a fighter (and mostly winner) against everything the progressives have thrown at him.

It would be really bad for Coloradans if the Republicans lose that office and it goes to the liberals.

Is anyone else sick of hearing about how we need to make voting "easy". Since when? Voting is a privilege and personally, I'd like to see potential voters get themselves to a poll to cast their ballot - and when finished, dip their finger in a bottle of ink!!

There's too much funny business with our elections presently. Add the IRS shenanigans and NSA data mining and elections are wide open for fraud.

I would also LOVE to see Gessler run for the office again, because he has about a 20% chance of winning the office again in light of his 100% partisan behavior in office.

Anderson seems to be a solid choice. Williams on the other hand. Any time any idiots starts spouting off on "voter integrity" it's really a keyword for certain types of suppression and it's usually minorities that are affected.

The GOWP wants to pretend the car about fair elections but they only care about winning.